ACHS Insurance broke ground Wed­nesday on a three-story office building in Evans that will serve as its headquarters after construction wraps up this summer.

The Augusta-based insurance brokerage and employee-benefits consultant said the 21,000-square-foot building at the intersection of North Belair Road and Town Park Lane will enable it to consolidate its two existing offices under one roof.

Columbia County authorities are investigating numerous reports from customers of one particular credit union that their financial accounts were fraudulently used.

Between Dec. 30 and Thursday, more than 20 customers of SRP Federal Credit Union said someone used their cards to make purchases at local retail stores even though they still had their cards, according to Columbia County sheriff’s Staff Sgt. Ken Summers.

Lawyers for former Marshall Square Retirement Resort residents asked a judge Wednesday to compel its owners to produce documents and names that will shed light on what happened to personal belongings left behind in the wake of the June 2 fire that destroyed the former senior living complex in Evans.

The following accounts were taken from Columbia County Sheriff’s Office incident reports:

Bank employee finds hole

An employee of a Martinez bank told deputies Tuesday that someone broke holes in the building.

The employee of State Bank and Trust at 375 Furys Ferry Road said that she heard a loud noise around noon. She later walked around the bank and found a hole in a window closest to Rite Aid and a hole in the wall near the window.

Since the spillways gates of Thurmond Dam opened on New Year’s Eve, spectators have flooded to the dam to see and be seen at the massive water flow.

“When we open them, it’s a spectacle and people come out to see it,” said Russell Wicke, a spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District.

Those who haven’t visited still have time as corps officials plan to close the gates on Monday morning. By the time they are closed, the gates, which were opened early on New Year’s Eve, will have been open for 10 days.